Ecosystems

Ecosystems are complex systems characterized by all of the physical and biological interactions in a given environment. Understanding these interactions is essential for making correct decisions for environmental policy, resource management, and conservation.

Faculty Experts

• Michael Barbour
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Stressors on Plants | History, Culture
• Timothy Caro
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Stressors on Animals
• Valerie Eviner
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Invasive Species | Habitat Restoration | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Agriculture | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Education and Outreach | Business, Management
• Erica Fleishman
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Wildlands | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Invasive Species | Stressors on Plants | Stressors on Animals | Land Use Planning | Habitat Restoration | Geospatial Analysis | Deltas and Estuaries | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Policy, Governance | Business, Management
• Louise E. Jackson
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Ecosystems | Plants | Stressors on Plants | Soil Microbes | Physiology and Nutrition | Habitat Restoration | Effects on Agriculture | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Food, Agriculture | Education and Outreach
• A. Peter Klimley
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Geospatial Analysis | Rivers | Lakes | Deltas and Estuaries | Coasts and Oceans
• WScott McLean
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Plants | Wildlife | Rivers | Water Policy | Environmental Justice | Arts & Literature | Environmental Ethics | Education and Outreach
• Neil McRoberts
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Invasive Species | Disease | Food, Agriculture | Policy, Governance | Economics
• Jeff Mitchell
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Plants | Stressors on Plants | Physiology and Nutrition | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Agriculture | Air Quality | Food, Agriculture | Education and Outreach
• Peter Moyle
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Ecosystems | Wildlands | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Invasive Species | Rivers | Lakes | Deltas and Estuaries | Water Policy | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Malcolm North
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Wildlands | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Wildlife | Stressors on Plants | Habitat Restoration | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Policy, Governance
• Toby O'Geen
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Ecosystems | Geospatial Analysis | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality
• Gregory Pasternack
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Ecosystems | Habitat Restoration | Geospatial Analysis | Rivers | Deltas and Estuaries | Effects on Water Resources | The Climate Past
• Eliska Rejmankova
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Plants | Disease | Soil Microbes | Habitat Restoration | Lakes | Effects on Water Resources | Education and Outreach
• James H. Richards
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Ecosystems | Wildlands | Plants | Stressors on Plants | Physiology and Nutrition | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Geoffrey Schladow
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Invasive Species | Rivers | Lakes | Deltas and Estuaries | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Climate Modeling, Forecasting | Effects on Water Resources | Education and Outreach
• Kate M. Scow
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Soil Microbes | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Agriculture | Food, Agriculture | Education and Outreach
• Johan Six
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Soil Microbes | Rivers | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Agriculture | Food, Agriculture | Economics | Education and Outreach
• Mike Springborn
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Invasive Species | Policy, Economics | Economics
• Swee Teh
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Ecosystems | Toxicology | Disease | Stressors on Animals | Physiology and Nutrition | Rivers | Lakes | Deltas and Estuaries | Coasts and Oceans | Aquatic Health, Toxicology | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality
• Lisa Thompson
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Invasive Species | Habitat Restoration | Rivers | Lakes | Climate Modeling, Forecasting | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Policy, Economics | Food, Agriculture | Education and Outreach
• Thomas P. Tomich
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Policy, Economics | Food, Agriculture | Policy, Governance | Economics | Education and Outreach
• Joshua Viers
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Wildlands | Plants | Wildlife | Invasive Species | Disease | Land Use Planning | Habitat Restoration | Geospatial Analysis | Rivers | Lakes | Water Policy | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Policy, Governance | Education and Outreach
• Heiko Wittmer
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife